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METU & SUNY New Paltz Liberal Studies/TEFL Program

METU TEFL/Liberal Studies (96 Credits)

+ Semester 1 (Fall)

(All courses taken at METU)

Code	Course Name	Credits
TEFL 171	Written Expression I	3
TEFL 173	Critical Reading and Thinking I	3
TEFL 175	Oral Communication I	3
TEFL 177	Introduction to Literature	3
ENG 105	TOEFL Preparation I	-
EDS 200	Introduction to Educational Sciences	3
TURK 103	Turkish: Written Communication	2
IS 100	Introduction to Information Systems Applications	-
	Total Credits	17

+ Semester 2 (Spring)

(All courses taken at METU)

Code	Course Name	Credits
TEFL 172	Written Expression II	3
TEFL 174	Critical Reading and Thinking II	3
TEFL 176	Oral Communication II	3
TEFL 178	Approaches in English Language Teaching	3
TEFL 273	Introduction to Linguistics I	3
ENG 106	TOEFL Preparation II	-
TURK 104	Turkish: Oral Expression	2
	Total Credits	17

+ Semester 3 (Fall)

(All courses taken at METU)

Code	Course Name	Credits
TEFL 274	Introduction to Linguistics II	3
TEFL 275	English Literature	3
TEFL 277	English Teaching Methods I	3
TEFL 279	Lexicology	3
TEFL 281	Research Methods	3
HIST 2201	Ataturk's Principles and History of Turkish Revolution I	-
	Total Credits	15

+ Semester 4 (Spring)

(All courses taken at METU)

Code	Course Name	Credits
TEFL 271	Language Acquisition	3
TEFL 278	English Teaching Methods II	3
TEFL 280	British Novel I	3
TEFL 282	English Language Structure	3
TEFL 286	English Turkish Translation	3
HIST 2202	Ataturk's Principles & History of Turkish Revolution II	-
	Total Credits	15

SUNY New Paltz TEFL/Liberal Studies (48 Credits)

+ Summer Session I

(All courses taken at New Paltz)

Code	Course Name	Credits
EDS 367	Human Development	3
	GE5: ART*	3
	Total Credits	6

+ Semester 5 (Fall)

(All courses taken at New Paltz)

Code	Course Name	Credits
SED 356	Teaching and Learning in the Digital Environment	3
SED 393	Syntax, Phonetics and Lexicon 1	3
	GE5: Math*	3
	Major**	3
	Major**	3
	Major**	3
	Total Credits	18

*Students must meet the following General Education 5 (GE5) requirements: Diversity: Equity, Inclusion & Social Justice, Mathematics (and Quantitative Reasoning), Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning), The Arts, U.S. History & Civic Engagement - met by EDS340), as well as the university-wide writing intensive (WI) requirement.
**To fulfill the requirements of the Liberal Studies major at New Paltz, students will choose courses from the two categories (Language and Literature and Society and Culture) described in the lists below.

+ Semester 6 (Spring)

(All courses taken at New Paltz)

Code	Course Name	Credits
SED 453	Intro to Curriculum and Assessment	3
SED 393	Syntax, Phonetics and Lexicon 2	3
SED 393	Teaching and Assessing ESL in the Content Area	3
	Major (DIVR)*	3
	Major**	3
	Major**	3

	Total Credits	18

**To fulfill the requirements of the Liberal Studies major at New Paltz, students will choose courses from the two categories (Language and Literature and Society and Culture) described in the lists below.

+ Summer Session II

(All courses taken at New Paltz)

Code	Course Name	Credits
EDS 340	Soc. and Phil. Found of Education (meets US History)	3
	GE5: Natural Science*	3
	Total Credits	6

+ Semester 7 (Fall)

(All courses taken at METU)

Code	Course Name	Credits
TEFL 487	Material Adaptation and Development	3
TEFL 489	Teaching English to Children	3
TEFL 491	British Theater	3
EDS 304	Classroom Management	3
EDS 424	Guidance	3
	Total Credits	15

+ Semester 8 (Spring)

(All courses taken at METU)

Code	Course Name	Credits
TEFL 490	Teaching Practice	5
TEFL 492	British Poetry	3
TEFL 491	British Novel II	3
TEFL 496	English Turkish Translation	3
EDS 416	Turkish Education System and School Management	3
	Total Credits	17

Notes:

Students earn a total of 144 credits (96 from METU and 48 from New Paltz).
Effective Fall 2023, students must meet the following GE5 requirements: Mathematics, The Arts, Natural Sciences and Scientific Reasoning, and Diversity: Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice (DEI & SJ) as well as the university-wide writing intensive (WI) requirement.
Grades less than C- are not accepted in major courses.
An overall 2.0 average in courses is required for degree application.
Summer classes are all offered online.

LIBERAL STUDIES MAJOR

To fulfill the requirements of the Liberal Studies major at New Paltz, students will choose courses from the two categories (Language/Literature and Society/Culture) below. These six courses have been indicated by 'major' in the published curriculum. They must pick at least two courses from each category. One of these classes must fulfill the Diversity requirement; students also need to take a writing intensive course (WI). Two semesters of a foreign language can count toward the language category. Other courses may be counted toward the major but they require the approval of an advisor. Students are followed the GE4 curriculum effective Fall 2018. Starting in Fall 2023, students are following the GE5 curriculum.

+ Language and Literature

Code			Course Name
BLK320			Cont. Black American Literature
CMM357			Argumentation
CMM359			Communication Among Cultures
CMM413			Sociolinguistics
ENG210			Great Books
ENG230			Women in Literature
ENG231			American Women Writers
ENG331			American Literature Survey I
ENG332			American Literature Survey II
ENG436			19th Century American Literature
ENG439			Twentieth-Century American Novel
ENG308			Short Story
ENG 255			Contemporary Issues in Literature
PHI201			Symbolic Logic (MATH)

These courses are just a subset of the classes offered by SUNY New Paltz that can meet the Language and Literature category; the progress reports have a more updated list of courses that will meet the requirements. Please check with your advisor to confirm that the class you would like to take will meet the requirements of this category. Any foreign language class will also fulfill the liberal studies major.

+ Society and Culture

Code			Course Name
BLK 100			Introduction to Black Studies
BLK 360			Politics of the USA & the Black Community
DMJ 101			Media and Society
ECO 100			American Economic Development
ECO 351			History of Economic Thought
GEO 301			Geography of US and Canada
GEO 273			Physical Geography (NSCI)
HIS 221			Survey of US History to 1865
HIS 222			Survey of US History since 1865
HIS 302			American Immigration
HIS 328			American Social & Cultural History 1877 to Present
HIS 329			Post-War America: 1945 to Present
PHI 120			Introduction to Philosophy Classics
PHI 211			Ancient Greek Philosophy
PHI 270			Religions of the World
PHI 304			Ethics
PHI 344			Philosophy of the Arts
THE 420			American Musical Theatre
CMM 432			TV in American Culture
CMM 433			Aesthetics and Criticism of TV

These courses are just a subset of the classes offered by SUNY New Paltz that can meet the Society and Culture category; the progress reports have a more updated list of courses that will meet the requirements. Please check with your advisor to confirm that the class you would like to take will meet the requirements of this category.

METU TEFL/Liberal Studies (96 Credits)

SUNY New Paltz TEFL/Liberal Studies (48 Credits)

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